A couple of weeks ago we took a walk to our local wood again.  We were excited to see what had changed in the 8 weeks or so since we'd last been.

As we walked in I caught sight of the pond and noticed a lot of leaves on the surface.  I thought that some kids must have been in breaking down the trees and dumping the branches into the water.  What a surprise when we got closer!

There had been no sign of these beautiful lillies when we had visited in the winter and early spring.  We had no idea there were huge patches of lillies lying dormant under the water.

The air was full of white 'fluff'. 

I have no idea what it is, but it had turned the surface of the other water area white almost as though it was frozen, although I've not really managed to capture that!

We had a new visitor:

Our other main finding was that there was a lot more greenery, especially in the undergrowth.  There were actually fewer flowers, and certainly fewer colours but this cow parsely was a beauty.

After I'd taken these few photos the batteries in the camera ran out. 

Note to self:  Take extra batteries with you where ever you go!!